6:30 THIS MORNING AND BREAKING NEWS. BREAKING NEWS OUT OF LAKE WORTH. CREWS AAE BATTLING A HOUSE FIRE WITH FOUR VICTIMS, THREE OF THEM YOUNG CHILDREN. THOSE CHILDREN ARE FIGHTING FOR THEIR LIFE IN A LOCAL HOSPITAL. WE HEAD STRAIGHT TO CHRIS McGRATH WITH THE LATEST. CHRIS? GOOD MORNING, GUYS. A PALM BEACH COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPUTY AT THIS HOUR IS BEING CALLED A HERO. WE'RE TOLD HE WAS FIRST ONE ON SCENE. HE WENT INTO THIS BURNING HOME THROUGH A SIDE WINDOW WHERE HE FOUND THREE KIDS INSIDE. AND HE WAS THE ONE WHO HANDED THOSE KIDS OFF TO FIREFIGHTERS THROUGH THAT BEDROOM WINDOW. NOW, THIS ALL UNFOLDED AT ABOUT 2:00 A.M. AT THIS HOME ALONG CHICKASHA ROAD IN LAKE WORTH. THREE CHILDREN ALL UNDER THE AGE OF 13 WERE HURT INNTHIS FIRE ALONG WITH A WOMAN. TWO CHILDREN WERE FLOWN TO ST. MARY NIECE WEST PALM BEACH IN CRITICAL CONDITION. THE OTHER CHILD AND ADULT TAKEN TO DELRAY IN CRITICAL CONDITION. FIREFIGHTERS SAY THIS HOME WAS FULLY ENGULFED IN FLAMES WHEN THEY GOT HERE, AND AGAIN, THEY SAY THIS DEPUTY IS A HERO IN ALL. THIS HE WENT INTO THIS BUILDING AND WAS LITERALLY HANDING KIDS OUT THE SIDE WINDOW. HE'S A HERO FOR PUTTING HIMSELF AT RISK AND GOING IN THERE WITHOUT ANY PROTECTIVE GEAR TO SAVE THE CHILDREN AND THE RESIDENTS. HE WAS PHYSICALLY HANDING THE CHILDREN OUT A BEDROOM WINDOW TO THE FIREFIGHTERS. THEY HANDLED THE SITUATION BY JUST... WE'RE NOT TRYING TO PANIC TOO MUCH, BUT, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE FIREFIGHTERS OUT THERE. THE DEPUTY WAS TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL AS A PRECAUTION. YOU CAN SEE THIS HOME HAS EXTENSIVE DAMAGE. AT THAT POINT INVESTIGATORS DON'T THINK IT'S ANYTHING SUSPICIOUS, LIKELY JUST AN ELECTRICAL PROBLEM. THEY, OF COURSE, ARE STILL